Improvement in horse-rakes



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h which the teeth are attacl1ed.

'- titled 'itti Letters Patent No. 95,147, datezl'Septem-bcr 21,Y1369;.'

1 g The Schedule referred toiu these LettersPatent and `malfsiuvlg partof the saune4 l t i.

Be it kuownthat'I, CHARLEs W. SANBORN, of Morrill, in the countyof'Waldo, and State of Maine, have Yinvented a.new and usefulImprovement in Horseltakes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact` description of the construction andoperation ofthe saine, reference being had to the annexed-drawings',making apart ofthis specification,

iu whichl l Figure l isa perspective view of the whole rake; Figure 2, aperspective view of the chimp-brake; Figure 3, an outline View of thedump-brake; Figure 4, a perspective view of the adjusting-bar;

Figure 5, an outline View of the adj ustin g-bar. Letter A representsthe lags to which the teeth are attached; Y

B, the adjusting-har that crosses on the upper side of the forward eudsof the lags;

R, the steel springs attached tothe adjusting-bar and run out over-thelags; t

F, that peut of the dump-brake thatis placed under thelags to raise andlower the teeth; i

N, the fastenings of the teeth: to the pulleys and E, theteeth C,thehandle of the'dump-brake; y

M, the circularplat-es of iron on .the sides of the handle, throughwhich the pin passes to' hold the handle inl its place after having beenpulled forward, and

i the teetlrraised from the ground for the purpose of moving the rakefrom place to place when not rak mg; i

D, --the connecting-rod between the lower end ofthe handle and the upperend of the dump-brake; I, the postin the centre of theadj Listing-bar;li, the upper end of the dump brake; i S, the rod attached tothe post inthe centre of the adjusting-bar; and

he desires to hold the teeth down, as that forces the steel springs ofthe adjusting-bar upon the lags to The construction Aand operation ofthe rakeare as' follows, to wit: n

It is placed on two wheels, an axle-tree, and shafts, similar to thoseof aconnuon wagon, and is drawn by one horse, driven by a person sittingon the seat.

It has six"` short iron bolts"standinguyright in the upper side of the`axle-tree, with holes inthe upper 1 ends; eighteen lags,V to 'which theteeth are attached,

all independent in their action, all rising and falling separately ortogether, according to the evenness or unevenness of the ground Vuponwhich the rake is operating, and thus, when raking uneven lands, allowsthe teeth to play into thefhollows and over the knollswith easeandtherebyr rake the hollows clean without bearing so 'hard'on the knollsas to destroy the grass-roots and rake up 'dirtfwth the hay.

It has a bar of iron which passes through the forward ends ofthe lags,and through the holes in the upright bolts, andthe iron plates by whichthe dunipbrake and adjusting-bar are heldto said iron bar, and

' on' which they turn, and whichholds the lags and teeth in theirplaces, and is the pivot on which thelags turn when lifted up or loweredbythe dump-brake in rakiug- Theteeth are fastened by passing the upperends around pulleys placed under the outer e-nds of the lags;

then passing the teeth up through the lags, and fastening them with nutsou top, and with iron braces at 'the sides, and with boltspassingtlrough the braces, lags, and pulley, secured by nuts.

The adjusting-har extendsacross the forward ends of all the lags, and-isfastened by short iron plates, one atv each end.

The' iron bar that passes through the lags also passes through thelowerV ends of these iron plates,v and is the pivot on which the platesand adj Listingbar turn.

The upperends of the plates are fastened to they ends of theadjustingbar\\'ith bolts.

Eighteen steel springs are .attached`to the adjusting-bar, one over eachlag, which, by pressing'thc f oot on the lower-end of the rod attachedto the adjustingb ar, raises the adj ustin g-bar, and forces the steelsprings upon the lags, and thus holds the lags and teeth down, which isnecessary, in raking, where vthe hay is uneven in its growth.

In' raking 4such fields of hay, in places wherefthe growth isgreatest,the rake often getsfull of'hay, and

rake gets to the windrow. The object of the adjusti ing-bar is, at suchtimes, to hold the teeth' down, and P, the post for the raker to presshis foot upon when thus rake and carry the hay to the line of thewindrow.

The dump-brake consistsoia bar under the forward ends ofthe lags, and isfastened similar to the adjusting-bar, and turns on the same pivot.- vAn iron plate attached to the bar passes up hc- .tiil een..:thc'twocent1- e lags, to which is attached a rod, which passes down from theupper end oi the Vplate to the arm of the handle to the brake, and isattached thereto.

The use of the dum p-bralgc is t0 raise and lower the lags and teeth inraking. The raker sits' on'thc scat, and when 'hc wishes to raise thctccth to dui'np or drop the hay inthe windrow, he pulls the handletoward him, or presses his foot on the rod. When he wishes to lower thcteeth again for. raking, he shovcs the handle from'hini, and, when notraking, he wishes ttf lmld the teeth upx fram the g10und,n tdkng; therake 1. The rollers or pulleys around which the teeth are from place toplace, he pulls the` handle toward him, wound, substantially asdescribed.

and holds it there hyputting the plu through the holes 2. The rollers N,teeth-bars A, and lifting-lever C, in 'the iron plates by the sides ofthe handle, mid the whole arranged and operating as desmlbed.

4hns holds the teeth up till he reaches 'che eld to be CHARLES W.SANBORN. ruked. Vitnesses:

What I elam as my invention, and desire to secure NnnnmAH Anor'r, byLetters Patent, is*- REUBEN HIGGXNS.

